Familiar acquisition wedge
Copying the benchmark pricing, payout language, and account stack lowers the amount of education required at the top of funnel.
Blueprint
This is the whole Mayospell idea, not only the website skin.
The benchmark already solved the commercial grammar. Mayospell gets stronger by copying that grammar where it works, then building the options-specific desk, risk, and live-allocation layers on top.
Stronger retention surface
The real retention loop is the desk itself: watchlists, reviewer notes, payout readiness, replayable journals, and a cleaner path to reactivation.
More defensible risk controls
Options let Mayospell build a better risk moat through structure permissions, liquidity filters, and catalyst rules that futures props do not naturally own.
Better live-call-up story
A trader graduating from funded simulation to discretionary live options buying power is a sharper aspiration than staying forever in a generic simulated payout loop.
What to copy
Copy the benchmark operating shape before getting fancy.
This is the public prop-firm machinery Mayospell should mirror because it already teaches traders how to evaluate the offer.
Benchmark blueprint snapshot: July 6, 2026. Built from the current Topstep public pricing and help-center mechanics, then translated into an options-first prop-firm product plan.
Surface
Benchmark shape
Mayospell move
Pricing ladder
Three combine sizes with standard and no-activation fee paths.
Keep the same 50K, 100K, and 150K public ladder so the commercial offer feels immediately legible.
Reset and rebill logic
Monthly rebill cadence, reset price matching the current rebill, and two resets per account per day.
Copy the commercial rhythm exactly, then adapt the risk engine to listed-options hours and structures.
Funded stack
Unlimited combines, up to five active XFAs before live, then one live account or one Pro fallback.
Use the same stack logic so the product feels like a system, not a one-seat challenge toy.
Payout engine
Standard 5-day lane, consistency 3-day lane, 90/10 split, $125 minimum payout, capped XFA requests.
Preserve the same lane logic and payout language while adding options-specific review and permissions before release.
Recovery and promotion
Back2Funded reactivation pricing and a live call-up that closes the funded stack and transfers real balance.
Copy the recovery economics and live-call-up story, then add desk-review gates before bigger options buying power unlocks.
What changes
Options are where the copycat model needs real intelligence.
This is the layer that keeps Mayospell from being a futures prop clone with SPY wallpaper.
Allowed structures
Start with long premium and defined-risk spreads. Make short-premium and assignment-prone structures permissioned, not default.
Liquidity scoring
Grade every trade by spread width, open interest, contract volume, and slippage realism so the combine rewards executable options flow.
Catalyst governance
Tag CPI, Fed, earnings, and major event trades as a separate policy lane with tighter size, faster de-risking, and reviewable approval.
Portfolio concentration
Limit stacked beta and correlated event risk across SPY, QQQ, NVDA, and any concentrated single-name basket instead of only policing one ticket at a time.
Assignment avoidance
Force earlier exits and reduced permissions as short options move toward assignment risk, especially around dividends and expiration.
Playbook evidence
Every trade should map to a named setup, screenshots, and a post-trade note so progression reflects process quality, not only curve shape.
Launch order
Build the product in the same order the business earns trust.
Commercial clarity first, then funded-stickiness, then real live escalation.
Phase 1: Trading Combine
Launch the benchmark-style ladder first so the commercial shape is instantly understandable.
- 50K, 100K, and 150K combines with standard and no-activation pricing.
- Reset flow, help center, payout explainer, and responsible-trading add-on.
- Dashboard with scorecard, loss-floor tracking, and policy alerts.
Phase 2: Express Funded Desk
Make the funded seat feel like a real room traders can stay inside.
- Standard and consistency payout lanes with tier caps.
- Back2Funded reactivation path and seat portfolio management.
- Reviewer annotations, setup journals, and permissions per strategy family.
Phase 3: Live Options Call-Up
Promote a small number of traders into real options buying power with real costs and tighter review.
- Close the funded stack on promotion and transfer starting live balance.
- Charge real commissions and professional data where needed.
- Expand daily loss and size one tier at a time after active-day proof.
Phase 4: Desk Network
Turn the product from a checkout funnel into an ecosystem.
- Mentor desks, educator seats, and team-level playbook libraries.
- Ranked trade examples, event-approved watchlists, and desk broadcasts.
- Jurisdiction-specific live or Pro-style fallbacks for international expansion.
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